EPR characterization of a nanoporous metal-organic framework exhibiting a bulk magnetic ordering Original Research Article

Magnetic properties of the open-framework structure [Cu3(PTMTC)2(py)6(CH3CH2OH)2(H2O)] as well as those of a related evacuated sample have been analyzed on the basis of combined SQUID and EPR measurements. Such combined experiments demonstrate unambiguously the key role played by the radical ligand PTMTC in the promotion in both molecular magnets of magnetic exchange interactions through the open-framework structure.